Here's my take on what it feels like to be with child during the Great Awakening, let alone being a mumma to several ankle biters already!   Crazy times like these call for extra digging deep abilities to unearth the treasures that are hiding under the surface of all the doom and gloom.   Shine bright fellow mummas....for we are the glue that holds our communities together, we have the abilities to radiate hope & our attitudes can play a huge role in creating an amazing future World for...

Yolande from the Free Birthing Society and founder of Bauhauswife, shares her awe-inspiring journey as a naturally birthing mother to 8 babies...yes 8 babies!... and how at the tender age of 19 she discovered free-birthing with her 1st, which left her forever transformed.     Riddled with what the medical profession would have labelled as severe complications requiring a C section, Yolande overcame many "issues" in the lead up & during this first birth, which was instrumental in...

Join me as Justine Leach from Resilient Birth shares her own first hand experiences with trauma and birth, to gain many helpful insights into how you as a birth giver, birth supporter or even as a survivor of trauma yourself can become empowered and best supported, in order to not have to suffer ever again.   Justine imparts her knowledge and wisdom with such gracious humility & empathy that it will leave you forever transformed for the better. To find out more about Justine's amazing...

Marie Tyndall has attended hundreds of natural homebirths in Costa Rica over the past 20 years, helping countless women and babies to have peaceful and safe deliveries in the comfort of their own homes.   Marie is such a well of knowledge & experience, coupled with an unbridled passion for the humanized birthing movement... you won't want to miss this episode if you're interested in natural birth!   Marie's contact information: www.mamasol.com

In today's episode I'm sharing why I find natural childbirth so utterly awe inspiring.  Sound crazy?  Yeh, I totally get it!  If you had told me 12 years ago that THESE words would be coming out of MY mouth, I would have choked on my white wine (aaah those were the days) in both bewilderment and horror for sure!!   So please, hear me out and humour me for just 20 short minutes...you never know, it might even change your life Xx 

Hey Beautiful Mumma! Join me recalling my fond memories of Jesse being born into our spanish home, a mere 6 years ago.  Jesse's birth is strictly speaking the only real, official home birth we've experienced...out of 5 babies! His birth was when I truly unearthed and unleashed my inner birthing goddess.  This time around I was a more veteran birther so to speak, and so I approached this one with so much more wisdom, gleaned from his 2 older brothers previous births.   I knew how very...

Vee, a pediatric nurse, is a mumma to 3 little ankle biters and due with her fourth in only 2 months time.   So far she has had 3 entirely different birth scenarios unfold and she patiently talks us through why she thinks they evolved into being the way they did.  These truly fascinating realisations are pure gold, as we all stand to benefit from learning about what is likely to unfold during birth, in given situations and scenarios.   Vee also explains why giving birth naturally in a...

Zephyr is a gorgeous mumma to 2 beautiful babies and has recently qualified as a Hypnobirthing practitioner.   Her passion to help her fellow sisters as they transition into becoming birthing mummas is palpable.  Zephyr is an absolute shining guiding light for those of you who really want to own your birth experience in a calm & peaceful way.     Hypnobirthing is not just extremely useful for those of us who birth naturally, as it is indeed wonderful for all kinds of birthing scenarios...

Victoria shares how she contracted COVID19 towards the end of her pregnancy with baby number 4, and how after having negotiated the various landmines associated with that reality, she was able to make a dream free-birth become a reality in her Scottish home, albeit all the odds having been stacked against her.  This is such a story of inspiration, determination, grit & courage...that any woman feeling nervous about giving birth in these turmoiltois times needs to tune into, if she wants...

Ivana Daniell reveals how we each have our very own unique Body ID and how we can keep it youthful, healthy, fit and posture confident via an intelligent movement therapy tailor made to just ourself! I absolutely HAD to share this treasure trove of info with mummies to be as so many of us suffer throughout pregnancy with various aches, pains and ailments that could be eased or avoided entirely through this progressive work.  Post pregnancy we also need as much TLC as possible, as we spend the...

Me free-styling on how we sometimes need to be out of our comfort zones to become strong & achieve great feats of nature; inspired by baring witness to our amazing Olive Ridley sea turtles coming to lay their eggs at our local Costa Rican beach.  Nature is incredible & as we are part of nature, so are we! 

Melanie Wells Alvarado speaks to us about her wonderfully healthy & magical advanced maternal age/geriatric pregnancy when she was 42 years of age.   How she adored being pregnant so much that she wanted to be pregnant forever and how she had wanted & planned for a natural, home, water birth only.    The emotional trauma of having had an unplanned C section is still palpable to this day...13 years later.  Melanie shares with us why she still feels saddened at not having had the...

Katya Bugratsevich, a teacher of ecstatic yoga, energy & free dance movement practices is a mother to 2 young children, who speaks out to us today about her controversial recent ecstatic birth and how we as women all have the innate power, ability & right to experience the same!  Katya believes that "The orgasm of life is what we came here for".  To quote the famous scene out of the movie "When Harry met Sally"...I want some of what she's drinking right ladies?!? Katya believes,...

Ron Slavick, father of 3, married & still deeply in love with his sweetheart of nearly 20 years, bravely joins us on todays eye opening & eye watering  episode to share his 5 year struggle & heartbreaking story post a standard, 20 minute, day case vasectomy.   At 35 years of age, Ron was a type A personality doing extreme sports & winning at life in all possible areas; from achieving business successes, living in a dream home with his perfect wife and beloved kids, enjoying a...

Yati has dedicated the past 2 years of his life to the Wim Hof practice and opens his Costa Rican home (and zoom) for workshops to those who wish to experience the huge physical, mental and spiritual benefits this amazing breathing technique has to offer. As I have experienced first hand, (5 x), how very powerful breathwork irrefutably is when navigating the intense sensations of labour, and how it can even fortify our stamina (my 2nd birth lasted 44 hrs), it was a no brainer to me that we...

After speaking to a friend of mine this weekend about the 2 C-sections she'd had, but never dreamed of having before she had her first, I felt compelled to speak out about why babies get stuck 99% of the time.   It breaks my heart that birthing mothers & their babies are so often put into compromising, traumatic and sometimes even life threatening situations because of totally unnecessary interventions.  Too often, birthing mothers, are manipulated and coerced into giving permission to...

Today we have a special treat in the form of my husband, Bradley, joining me on the show as I ask him what witnessing our 5 babies births over a 10 year time span, in 3 different countries, was really like for him. This episode is a must listen to for the dads-to-be out there who just want honest, unedited, spontaneous, no BS answers to questions they may not even know they have!  And of course it's always a good idea for you mummas-to-be to understand what your man may potentially be going...

Oxytocin, often called the Love Hormone, makes us all feel calm, connected and even promotes healing, but it's actually extremely shy and sensitive.  In todays episode I explain why & how we, as birthing mothers, need to fervently protect & encourage our oxytocin levels during labour, birth and even post-partum if we want to experience natural birth & early motherhood as seemless & blissful, as well as physically safe. For the more prude amongst you be warned...the ability...

Meet the beautiful & awe-inspiring Alisha Young Hall who is determined to finally experience her right of passage with regards to giving birth naturally to her 4th baby, just as mother nature intended.   Alisha is a spiritual teacher, transformational coach, awakening guide and an avid master, yet perpetual student of Human Design & Gene Keys. Alisha talks to us about why she has decided to embrace a natural homebirth in favour of a C-section in the hospital, even though she will be...

Hey Mumma,  Meet the vivacious Caroline Dawson; an EFT Master & Matrix Re-imprinting international trainer for S.E. Asia, a registered nurse of over 30 years, published author and mother of 3.   Caroline shares how she has been successfully helping couples optimise their fertility using matrix re-imprinting combined with EFT, over the past 13 years.  Healing & clearing past life traumas (from as far back as our own gestational period in utero) can cause very powerful...

Meet Hart, an amazing SOMA breathwork facilitator,  who explains the very real physiological impacts that intentional breathing has on our conscious & subconscious mind and thereby also how breath alone totally influences our sympathetic & parasympathetic nervous systems.  If you want to feel centred and calm during your birth experience, no matter what labour throws at you, you'll want to listen to this episode for sure! Website: sacredrootshealingarts.com FB: SacredRoots Healing...

This episode features my 2 eldest boys as honorary guests, Luca (11) & Marley (8), to share how it felt welcoming our youngest and first pink additions to the Longlet tribe one and a half & three years ago. Makes for interesting listening for anyone who wants to know how siblings can be affected by home or freebirths.

Ana joins us almost 7 months pregnant with her second baby, Benjamin, and shares with Blissful Birthing how this time around she is preparing for birth in a much more intentional, conscious & aware manner .   Three years ago Ana gave birth to her daughter in a traditional Costa Rican hospital.  Find out why it did not live up to her expectations & actually left her feeling scarred--not just physically.  Ana's story is here to ignite hope and inspiration amongst those of you who may...